{"id":173960,"date":"2018-07-30T13:11:11","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T13:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=173960"},"modified":"2018-08-03T05:32:13","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T05:32:13","slug":"sas-squad-to-join-almost-500-soldiers-being-sent-to-afghanistan-to-tackle-resurgent-taliban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=173960","title":{"rendered":"SAS squad to join almost 500 soldiers being sent to Afghanistan to tackle resurgent Taliban"},"content":{"rendered":"

Khaleda Rahman — Daily Mail July 30, 2018<\/h1>\n
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British troops arrive at Kandahar Air Base, Afganistan. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

A new SAS squad will join almost 500 British soldiers being sent to <\/span>Afghanistan<\/span> to tackle ISIS<\/strong><\/a><\/span> and the resurgence of the Taliban in the war-torn country.<\/span><\/p>\n

The special forces troops and another 490 soldiers will be deployed to join the nearly 650 soldiers already based there, The Mirror <\/strong><\/a><\/span>reports.<\/span><\/p>\n

Special operation troops from the UK and the United States are waging a ‘less publicised war’ in Afghanistan<\/strong><\/a> to tackle the threats, according to a security source.<\/span><\/p>\n

‘They are attacking the networks and those who influence it without attracting attention or making this a full-on jihad for the rebel fighters,’ the source told the newspaper.<\/span><\/p>\n

The source added that the resurgent Taliban and the fact that ISIS is now ‘a significant threat’ needed to be addressed.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the Ministry of Defence, more than 450 British military personnel have died while serving in Afghanistan.<\/span><\/p>\n

From October 2001 until the end of 2014, the total number of military deaths in the country is 456 \u2013 405 of which were killed due to hostile action.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since British troops withdrew from their base in Camp Bastion in the Helmand province, army chiefs had been set on not drawing the Taliban into more conflict.<\/span><\/p>\n

But NATO agreed that Britain and other members would supply troops to help train soldiers and police in Afghanistan.<\/span><\/p>\n

It comes as ISIS claimed responsibility on Sunday for an attack on a midwife training centre in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad that killed three staff.<\/span><\/p>\n

The ultra-hardline militant group, which cited no evidence for its claim in a statement issued via its Amaq news agency, said the attack on Saturday was carried out by two gunmen.<\/span><\/p>\n

ISIS has a stronghold in the province of Nangarhar surrounding Jalalabad, bordering Pakistan<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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